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Quick Installation

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Appendix A

Quick Installation

Appendix A will

give you a simplified installation procedure,

in order to

allow you to install your mainboard quickly and correctly.

If you need further information or if you need to change some other settings,

read from Chapters 1.

Mount the retention mechanism onto Slot 1, then

fix the screw on the four corners of the mechanism. Slightly and gently

insert the Pentium

II processor into the retention base, make sure all the

components are affixed securely.

According to your CPU speed, set up the CPU

in the CPU

SOFT MENU

™ of the BIOS SETUP.

DIMM1 ~ DIMM2

FDC-

Connect one end of the 34-pin cable that comes

with the drive to the FDD connector, and the other end of the cable to the FDC
pin connector on the mainboard.

Note:

Be sure that the red line on the cable connects to the first pin of the
connectors.

Installing the CPU:

Adjusting CPU speed:

Installing DRAM:

Installing FDD:

Summary of Contents for AB-AT6

Page 1: ...rnal Connectors 2 4 Jumper and Switches 2 11 Installation of the CPU 2 13 Installing System Memory i DRAM Memory j2 16 Chapter 3 Introduction of BIOS CPU Setup i CPU SOFT MENU j 3 3 Standard CMOS Setup Menu 3 7 BIOS Features Setup Menu 3 9 Chipset Features Setup Menu 3 15 Power Management Setup Menu 3 17 PCI Onboard I O Setup 3 22 Load BIOS Defaults 3 26 Load Setup Defaults 3 26 Password Setting 3...

Page 2: ...Appendix B General Discussion about HDD Installation Appendix C Flash BIOS User Instructions Appendix D How to install Ultra DMA 33 drive Appendix E How to install the PCI bridge driver for 440LX chipset Appendix F Technical Support ...

Page 3: ... needed to set CPU parameters l Employs switching type regulators to stabilize CPU operation l Supports 66 75 and 83 MHz CPU external clock speeds l Supports Pentium II 233 333 MHz processor cartridge 2 Chipset l Intel 440LX chipset 82443LX and 82371AB l Supports Ultra DMA 33 IDE protocol l Supports Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface ACPI l Accelerated Graphics Port connector su...

Page 4: ...t in 16550 fast UART compatible serial port connectors l Built in PS 2 keyboard and PS 2 mouse port connectors l Built in standard IrDA TX RX header and SB LinkTM header l Two built in USB connectors l Built in EISCA 12 pin header 7 Miscellaneous l ATX form factor l One AGP slot Three PCI slots and Three ISA slots l PC97 Compliant l Board size 305 170mm Note All brand names and trademarks are the ...

Page 5: ...Introduction of AT6 Feature 1 3 Layout Diagram Figure 1 1 Component Locations ...

Page 6: ...1 4 Chapter 1 The System Block Diagram ...

Page 7: ...s now on the market For details see specifications in Chapter 1 This chapter is organized according the following features Œ Installing the Mainboard to the Casing Standard external connectors Ž Jumpers and switches Presentation and Installing of the CPU º Installing the system memory NNNN Before proceeding with the installation Before installing the mainboard please be sure to turn off or disconn...

Page 8: ...mputer user to perform the installation by themselves We have attempted to write this document in a very clear concise and descriptive manner to help overcome any obstacles you may face during installation Please read our instructions carefully and follow them carefully step by step ...

Page 9: ...ere are screw holes this means you can attach the mainboard with bolts If the holes line up and there are only slots this means you can only attach the mainboard with spacers Take the tip of the spacers and insert it into the slots After doing this to all the slots you can slide the mainboard into position aligned with the slots After the mainboard has been positioned check to make sure everything...

Page 10: ...he mainboard You need to carefully pay attention to any connection orientation the cables may have and if any notice the position of the first pin of the connector In the explanations that follow we will describe the significance of the first pin PN1 Pin 4 5 6 7 Speaker Connector Attach the system speaker to connector PN1 Pin number Name or significance of signal 4 5VDC 5 Ground 6 Ground 7 Speaker...

Page 11: ...itch to enable disable the power management function by hardware Pin number Name or significance of signal 10 Ground 11 Suspend signal PN2 Pin 1 2 3 4 5 Keylock and Power LED Connector Attach the case s keylock to the connector Pin number Name or significance of signal 1 5VDC power LED 2 No connection power LED 3 Ground power LED 4 Keylock inhibit signal key lock 5 Ground key lock The keylock swit...

Page 12: ...s connector Pin number Name or significance of signal 6 LED power 7 HDD active PN2 Pin 8 9 Power Switch Connector Pin number Name or significance of signal 8 Ground 9 Power Switch signal PN1 Pin 9 10 Sleep LED Connector Pin number Name or significance of signal 9 LED Power 10 Green LED Active ...

Page 13: ... number Name or significance of signal 1 Mouse data 2 No connection 3 Ground 4 5VDC 5 Mouse clock 6 No connection KB PS 2 Keyboard Connector Attach a keyboard to this 6 pin Din connector Pin number Name or significance of signal 1 Keyboard data 2 No connection 3 Ground 4 5VDC 5 Keyboard clock 6 No connection ...

Page 14: ...V 5 Ground 6 5V 7 Ground 8 Powergood 9 5V 10 12V 11 3 3V 12 12V 13 Ground 14 ON OFF control signal 15 Ground 16 Ground 17 Ground 18 5V 19 5V 20 5V FAN1 CPU FAN FAN2 DC FAN Power Connector Pin number Name or significance of signal 1 Ground 2 12V 3 Sense Caution If power supply connectors are not properly attached to ATX PWR the power supply or add on cards may be damaged ...

Page 15: ...n 10 No connection I O port connectors Name Pin number Description IDE1 40 IDE channel 1 connector IDE2 40 IDE channel 2 connector FDC 34 Floppy disk connector LPT 25 Parallel port COM1 9 Serial port COM1 connector COM2 9 Serial port COM2 connector USB 8 Universal serial Bus Notes IDE1 IDE2 are high performance PCI IDE connectors Up to four IDE interface devices are supported ...

Page 16: ...Chapter 2 WOL1 Connector Wake On Lan Pin number Name or significance of signal 1 Sense Input 2 GND 3 5VSB SB Link Connector Pin number Name or significance of signal 1 GNTA 2 GND 3 KEY 4 REQA 5 GND 6 SERIRQ ...

Page 17: ...e used to indicate jumper settings For 3 pin jumpers the symbols below are used For 2 pins jumpers the following symbols are used Note To avoid losing jumper caps attach the removed jumper cap to one of the jumper pins Short Pins 1 and 2 with a jumper cap Short Pins 2 and 3 with a jumper cap Place the jumper cap over the two pins of the jumper to Short circuit the jumper Remove the jumper cap to O...

Page 18: ...S 1 CMOS Discharge Jumper Jumper CCMOS discharge CMOS memory When you install the mainboard make sure this jumper is set for Normal Operation 1 2 See the jumper below Setting CCMOS Normal Operation Default Discharge CMOS ...

Page 19: ...other hole and peg base Push each peg into its hole firmly to the end until you hear it click into place 2 Slide a black plastic support onto each end of the fan heat sink making sure that the hole and clip are on the outside edge of the support Slide each support toward the center of the processor until the support is seated in the outside groove in the fan housing Retention mechanism Large peg a...

Page 20: ...r of the processor until they click into place 4 Hold the processor so that the fan shroud is facing toward the pegs on the mainboard Slide the processor Direction C into the retention mechanism and press evenly and gently Ensure that the pegs on the mainboard slide into the holes in the heat sink support and that the alignment notch in the processor fits over the plug in Slot 1 ...

Page 21: ...il they click into place in the retention mechanism The latches must be secured for proper electrical connection of the processor Note l Installing a heat sink and cooling fan is necessary for proper heat dissipation from your CPU Failing to install these items may result in overheating and damage of your CPU l Please refer to your boxed Pentium II processor installation or other documentation att...

Page 22: ...must be followed The following set of rules allows for optimum configurations l The memory array is 64 or 72 bits wide Without parity or with parity l Those modules can be populated in any order l Support single and double density DIMMS The following is the valid memory configuration Bank Memory Module Total Memory Bank0 DIMM1 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 128MB 2 8MB 128MB Bank1 DIMM2 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 128...

Page 23: ...uration the parameters of the hardware synchronization and detects all the hardware Only when these tasks are completed does it give up control of the computer to the program of the next level which is the operating system Since the BIOS is the only channel for hardware and software to communicate it will be the key factor to system stability and to ensure that your system performs at its best Aft...

Page 24: ...BIOS parameters to save these parameters and to exit the BIOS Setup menu l Press Page Up Page Down or keys when you want to modify the BIOS parameters for the active option CMOS DATA Maybe you have heard somebody saying that their CMOS DATA was lost What is the CMOS Is it important The CMOS is the memory used to store the BIOS parameters that you have configured This memory is passive You can read...

Page 25: ...tion This feature allows the user to complete more easily the installation procedures You can install the CPU without configuring any jumpers or switches The CPU must be setup according its specifications In the first option you can press F1 at any time to display all the items that can be chosen for that option Fig 3 1 CPU SOFT MENU CPU Name Is ä Intel Pentium II MMX ...

Page 26: ...ill exist because of the various brands and types available Normally we do not recommend that you use the User Define option to setup CPU speed and multiplier factor This option is for setup of future CPUs whose specifications are still unknown The specifications of all present CPUs are included in the default settings Unless you are very familiar with all CPU parameters it is very easy to make mi...

Page 27: ... your CPU The mainboard have been designed in such a way that you can turn the system on after having inserted the CPU in the slot without having to configure any jumpers or DIP switches But if you change your CPU normally you just have to turn off the power supply change the CPU and then set up the CPU parameters through CPU SOFT MENU However if the CPU brand and type is the same and if the new C...

Page 28: ...epartment and to add a TURBO Frequency feature used for testing purposes by our R D department Of course you can use this feature to test the stability of your own system but after you have tested the product we recommend that you set it back to its normal value in order to guarantee system stability Attention After setting up the parameters and you leave the BIOS SETUP and you have verified that ...

Page 29: ...GE j Since old operating systems were only able to support HDD whose capacity was not bigger than 528MB any hard disk with more than 528MB was unusable AWARD BIOS features a solution to this problem you can according to your operating system choose three operating modes NORMAL LBA or LARGE ä Normal mode Standard normal mode supports hard disks of 528MB or less This mode directly uses positions ind...

Page 30: ...sks support this mode that s why we recommend you use this mode The HDD AUTODETECTION option in the Main Menu will automatically detect the parameters of your hard disk and the mode supported ä LARGE Mode When the number of cylinders CYLs of the hard disk exceeds 1024 and DOS is not able to support it or if your operating system does not support LBA mode you should select this mode l FDD supportin...

Page 31: ...s Enable or Disable When this feature is enabled if there is any attempt from a software or an application to access the boot sector or the partition table the BIOS will warn you that a boot virus is attempting to access to the hard disk CPU Level 1 Cache This item is used to Enable or to Disable the CPU level 1 cache When the cache is set at Disable it is much slower so the default setting for th...

Page 32: ...ify the test procedures in order to speed up the boot process The default is Enable Boot Sequence When the computer boots up it can load the operating system from floppy drive A hard disk drive C SCSI disk drive or CD ROM There are many options for the boot sequence ä A C SCSI ä C A SCSI ä C CD ROM A ä CD ROM C A ä D A SCSI at least 2 IDE HDD can be used ä E A SCSI at least 3 IDE HDD can be used ä...

Page 33: ...ss data When this item is enabled the BIOS will automatically detect if your hard disk drive supports this feature or not and will choose the right settings for you 2 For further details about hard disk drive installation refer to appendix B Typematic Rate Setting This item allows you to adjust the keystroke repeat rate When enabled you can set the two keyboard typematic control that follow Typema...

Page 34: ...the computer case and clear all information in the CMOS before you can start up the system But doing this you have to reset all the options you had set up before PCI VGA Palette Snoop This option allows the BIOS to preview VGA Status and to modify the information delivered from the Feature Connector of the VGA card to the MPEG Card This option can solve the display inversion to black after you hav...

Page 35: ...his option Shadowing address ranges CC000 CFFFF Shadow This option allows you to decide if the memory block BIOS of an interface card at the address CC000 CFFFF uses the shadow feature or not If you have no interface card using this memory block don t enable this option Shadowing address ranges D0000 D3FFF Shadow This option allows you to decide if the memory block BIOS of an interface card at the...

Page 36: ...0 DFFFF Shadow This option allows you to decide if the memory block BIOS of an interface card at the address DC000 DFFFF uses the shadow feature or not If you have no interface card using this memory block don t enable this option SHADOW What is the SHADOW The BIOS of standard video or interface cards is stored in ROM and it is often very slow With the Shadow feature the CPU reads the BIOS on the ...

Page 37: ...lues use the LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS option Fig 3 4 Chipset Features Setup You can use the arrow keys to move between the items Use PgUP PgDn and to change the values When you have finished setting up the chipset press ESC to go back to the main menu Auto Configuration This option allows Enable or prevents Disable the BIOS from using default values for Auto Configuration The BIOS default is Enable ä W...

Page 38: ...e characteristics of your DRAM and to choose the best settings Memory Hole At 15M 16M This option is used to free up the 15M 16M memory block Some special peripherals need to use a memory block located between 15M and 16M and this memory block has a size of 1M We recommend that you disable this option There are small differences in the chipset feature setup according to different mainboard models ...

Page 39: ...device These are referred to as Power Management Events In cases where none of these events occur the system enters the power saving mode When one of the controlled events occurs the system immediately returns to normal mode and operates at its maximum speed Power saving modes can be divided into three modes according to their power consumption Doze Mode Standby Mode and Suspend Mode The four mode...

Page 40: ...r minimum power savings Doze 1 hour Standby 1 hour Suspend 1 hour ä Max Saving When the three saving modes are enabled the system is set up for maximum power savings Doze 1 minute Standby 1 minute Suspend 1 minute PM Control by APM Power Management is completely controlled by the APM APM stands for Advanced Power Management it is a power management standard set by Microsoft Intel and other major m...

Page 41: ...the HDD Doze Mode When the setting selected for Power Management is User Define you can define for this mode any delay from 1 minute to 1 hour If no power management event occurs during this time period meaning that computer is inactive during this period the system will enter the Doze power saving mode If this mode is disabled the system will enter the next mode in the sequence Standby or Suspend...

Page 42: ...then four seconds while the system is in the working state then the system will transition to the soft off Power off by software This is called the power button over ride Resume by Ring To connect a external modem with the onboard serial port the system will be turned on when telephone ring up Resume by Alarm RTC alarm can turn on the system You can set date of month and time hour minute second Re...

Page 43: ... OS or BIOS Force Update ESCD If you want to clear ESCD data next time you boot up and ask the BIOS to reset the settings for the Plug Play ISA Card and the PCI Card select Enabled But the next time you boot up this option will automatically be set as Disabled ESCD Extended System Configuration Data The ESCD contains the IRQ DMA I O Port Memory information of the system This is a specification and...

Page 44: ...erted in ä PCI slotX Some old PCI IDE cards cannot be detected by the BIOS If the onboard BIOS cannot detect a PCE IDE card you have to specify on which PCI slot the IDE card is inserted to make the BIOS assign IRQ14 for use by the interrupt number INT of this PCI slot ä ISA If you select ISA it means that your PCI IDE card features a paddleboard and a cable that can be connected to IRQ on the ISA...

Page 45: ...are available ä IrDA HPSIR mode ä ASK IR Amplitude Shift Keyed IR mode ä Disabled IR Tr Re Polarity Set IR transmission reception polarity as High or Low On board Parallel Port Set the I O address and IRQ of the onboard parallel port Four options are available Disable 3BC IRQ7 278 IRQ5 and 378 IRQ7 Default is 378 IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode Can be set as ECP EPP PS2 ECP EPP or Normal SPP mode Default ...

Page 46: ...ive Mode ä Auto the BIOS can auto detect the transfer mode of the HDD installed in order to set its data transfer rate Default ä PIO Mode 0 4 User can specify the PIO mode of the HDD in order to set its data transfer rate Slave drive Mode ä Auto the BIOS can auto detect the transfer mode of the HDD installed in order to set its data transfer rate Default ä PIO Mode 0 4 User can specify the PIO mod...

Page 47: ...nter Load Setup Defaults Setup defaults are the settings that allow your system to operate at its highest performance When you choose this option the following message is displayed Load Setup Defaults Y N N If you want to use BIOS Setup default values press Y than Enter to complete the loading of the settings for best performance You should first load the best settings than enter the CPU Soft Menu...

Page 48: ...s displayed Enter Password Type your password When complete press Enter The following message is displayed Confirm Password Type your password again When complete press Enter The password setting is completed Password clearing procedure When you select the Password setting option the following message is displayed Enter Password Press Enter the message Password Disable is displayed Press a key The...

Page 49: ...information into the hard disk information section If the CMOS data were erased and you had forgotten the hard disk specifications it was a great problem But now you can use this option to auto detect the hard disk type and specifications and the BIOS will automatically detect all the relevant information and place them in the Hard Disk data section of the Standard CMOS Setup Menu in order to allo...

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Page 51: ...r IDE Driver The Intel PIIX4Bus Master IDE is now include in the mainboard OS Support Windows 95 Windows NT 3 5 3 51 4 0 OS 2 V2 x Warp 3 0 Installation Each OS has different install procedure please check README TXT file under each OS s directory ...

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Page 53: ...ners of the mechanism Slightly and gently insert the Pentium II processor into the retention base make sure all the components are affixed securely According to your CPU speed set up the CPU in the CPU SOFT MENU of the BIOS SETUP DIMM1 DIMM2 FDC Connect one end of the 34 pin cable that comes with the drive to the FDD connector and the other end of the cable to the FDC pin connector on the mainboar...

Page 54: ...rientation PN1 There is a specific orientation for pin 1 to pin 5 Insert the two threads keylock cable into pin 4 and pin 5 and three threads power LED cable to Pin 1 pin 3 Correct pins of connector on the mainboard Pin number Name of the signal or signification 1 5VDC 2 No connection 3 Ground 4 Keyboard inhibit Signal 5 Ground Watch the pin position and the orientation PN2 There is a specific ori...

Page 55: ... signal or signification 10 Suspend signal 11 Ground PN1 This connector has a specific orientation Connect the two threads LED connector on the mainboard Pin number Name of the signal or signification 9 LED s Cathode 10 LED s Anode PN1 There is no specific orientation for pin 4 to pin 7 Connect the four threads speaker cable to the PN2 connector pins on the mainboard Pin number Name of the signal ...

Page 56: ...in number Name of the signal or signification Pin number Name of the signal or signification 1 3 3VDC 11 3 3VDC 2 3 3VDC 12 12VDC 3 Ground 13 Ground 4 5VDC 14 PS_ON 5 Ground 15 Ground 6 5VDC 16 Ground 7 Ground 17 Ground 8 POWERGOOD 18 5VDC 9 5VDC 19 5VDC 10 12VDC 20 5VDC KB1 There is an orientation pin Connect your keyboard connector to connector on the mainboard Installing Power ON OFF switch con...

Page 57: ... orientation pin Connect your mouse connector to connector on the mainboard FAN There is a specific orientation Connect the three threads CPU Fan power cable to the Fan connector on the mainboard FAN1 CPU FAN FAN2 Pin number Name of the signal or signification 1 Sensor 2 12V 3 Control on off WOL1 Wake On LAN Connector SB Link Connector Installing PS2 Mouse Installing CPU Fan Power connector ...

Page 58: ...on pin 1 and pin 2 Parameters and CPU settings After you have followed the steps described above and completed the installation when you power the computer on you will see the following message displayed PRESS DEL TO ENTER SETUP Press immediately Del key to enter BIOS Setup Select Load Setup Defaults than enter CPU Soft Menu to set CPU parameters Adjusting other jumpers BIOS Setup ...

Page 59: ...livers input output I O orders through the chipset on the mainboard to the hard disk drive and than puts these data into the system memory This is the PIO mode What is the Master mode When the system needs to access hard disk data these data are directly accessed from the hard disk by the chipset on the mainboard using a DMA or a PIO mode and then the data is put into the memory In this case the C...

Page 60: ...hes 4 16Mbyte sec DMA Mode 1 The fastest data transfer rate reaches 13 3Mbyte sec DMA Mode 2 The fastest data transfer rate reaches 16 6Mbyte sec Usually PIO mode means that the hard disk data are accessed by the CPU through the chipset and placed into memory and the chipset is using PIO mode to access hard disk data MASTER mode means that hard disk data are accessed by the chipset and that the ch...

Page 61: ... disk drives are set at Master as a default so you don t need to adjust any setting Just connect one end of the 40 pin cable on the drive connector and the other end to connector IDE1 on the mainboard Installing one HDD one CD ROM drive The red line on the connection cable must be lined up with pin 1 on the connector Method 1 Set the HDD at Master and the CD ROM drive at Slave Connect one connecto...

Page 62: ...Set the hard disk drive used for boot up as Master set the other HDD at Slave connect one connector of the 40 pin cable to the first drive another connector to the second drive and the other end of the cable to connector IDE1 on the mainboard You can ignore the setting of the CD ROM drive Connect one end of the 40 pin cable to the drive and the other end to connector IDE2 on the mainboard We recom...

Page 63: ... drive and the other end of the cable to connector IDE2 on the mainboard Installing three HDDs one CD ROM drive The red line on the connection cable must be lined up with pin 1 on the connector Set the hard disk drive used for boot up at Master set another HDD the second at Slave connect one connector of the 40 pin cable to the first drive another connector to the second drive and the other end of...

Page 64: ... Using FDISK DOS command This command is found in the DOS disks FDISK is a tool used to organize and to partition the hard disk The hard disk must have been partitioned before use You can create one unique partition on the hard disk or create several partition and use a different Operating System on each partition Just don t forget that you have to specify an Active partition otherwise your hard d...

Page 65: ...NEWBIOS SAVEBIOS CC Example 3 To update BIOS and clear PnP settings execute this command AWDFLASH NEWBIOS Sn CP Example 4 To make a backup of the current system BIOS execute the following command AWDFLASH NEWBIOS Pn SAVEBIOS Notes NEWBIOS indicates file name for the new BIOS which can be downloaded from our website at http www abit com tw user can choose a different file name in place of NEWBIOS S...

Page 66: ...t can boot your computer before you update your BIOS If the above mentioned problem occurs during BIOS update you will be able to use this disk to automatically execute a BIOS update The content of the disk should be the following a Startup system files COMMAND COM MSDOS SYS IO SYS b AWDFLSH EXE c The NEWBIOS file which can be downloaded from ABIT s website d AUTOEXEC BAT which has the following c...

Page 67: ...rt the operating system s Ultra DMA driver software All packages sold by ABIT contain this driver software Complete the installation process exactly as below In Windows 95 place the Ultra DMA 33 diver disk into the floppy drive The file Bmide_95 compressed will appear Run this file The file will automatically decompress the following files README TXT _INST32I EX_ _SETUT DLL _SETUP LIB PIIXDRV Z SE...

Page 68: ...D 2 Appendix D 2 License Notebook close the view 3 Question Click Yes ...

Page 69: ...How to install the Ultra DMA 33 driver D 3 4 Select Components Click INSTALL 5 Question Click Yes 6 Question Click Yes ...

Page 70: ...D 4 Appendix D 7 Information Click OK After previous instructions have been followed the driver will automatically install It will automatically restart the computer after it has finished installing ...

Page 71: ...Title has attached Intel s 82371xB INF update drive version 3 0 It can be used to update both 430TX and 440LX chipset if your motherboard uses one of these Intel chipsets The following procedure will describe how to install and update the PCI bridge Step1 Check your Windows 95 Device Manager and find the question mark showing the PCI Bridge ...

Page 72: ...E 2 Appendix E Step2 Execute the Product CD Title ABITCD EXE and choice Driver è PCI Bridge Driver for Windows 95 then you will see the screen below Step3 Click NEXT ...

Page 73: ... to install the PCI bridge driver for 440LX chipset E 3 Step 4 You will see the license agreement dialog screen click Yes Step 5 Click Next then wait a while until you see the installation complete screen ...

Page 74: ...E 4 Appendix E Step 6 Restart your computer then check the Device Manager again First you can check Hard Disk Controller then take a look to see if the Bus Master driver is already recognized ...

Page 75: ...ow to install the PCI bridge driver for 440LX chipset E 5 Step 7 Also check System Device to find out if three devices are identified as well Please see the arrows below You have completed all things now ...

Page 76: ...E 6 Appendix E ...

Page 77: ...ribed below First remove all interface cards except the VGA card and try to reboot F If you still cannot boot up Try installing another brand model VGA card and see if the system will start If it still does not start note the VGA card model mainboard model Bios identification number CPU on the technical support form refer to main instructions and describe the problem in the problem description spa...

Page 78: ...XEC BAT edit CONFIG SYS with a text editor and in front on the line that loads the Sound Card Driver add a remark REM in order to disable the Sound Card Driver See the example below CONFIG SYS DEVICE C DOS HIMEM SYS DEVICE C DOS EMM386 EXE HIGHSCAN DOS HIGH UMB FILES 40 BUFFERS 36 REM DEVICEHIGH C PLUGPLAY DWCFGMG SYS LASTDRIVE Z Restart the system If the system starts and does not reset you can b...

Page 79: ...ions given below 1 MODEL Note the model number given in your user s manual Example PT5R2 PR5R2 2 Mainboard model number REV Note the mainboard model number labeled on the mainboard as REV Exemple REV 2 11 3 BIOS ID BIOS part number See below Example _____ 3R is the BIOS ID number 2A59GA1EC is the BIOS part number ...

Page 80: ...he Brand space write AMD in the Specifications space write P75 7 HDD Indicate the brand and specifications of your HDD s specify if the HDD is using IDE1 or IDE2 If you know the disk capacity indicate it and check ü in case you give no indication we will consider that your HDD is þIDE1 Master Example In the HDD space check the box in the Brand space write Seagate in the Specifications space write ...

Page 81: ...B 06 Or in the Brand space write SEC in the Specifications space write DIMM S DRAM 8MB G12 10 COAST Indicate the brand and specifications of your COAST Example In the Brand space write Winbond in the Specifications space write 256KB or W25P010AF 8 C 11 ADD ON CARD Indicate which add on cards you are absolutely sure are related to the problem If you cannot identify the problem origin indicate all t...

Page 82: ...F 6 Appendix F ...

Page 83: ...port Form Company name Phone J Contact Fax Model BIOS ID Mainboard model no DRIVER REV OS Application Hardware name Brand Specifications C P U HDD IDE1 IDE2 CD ROM Drive IDE1 IDE2 System Memory DRAM COAST ADD ON CARD Problem Description ...

Page 84: ...F 8 Appendix F ...

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